Kenny heads GP14 World Sailing Committee

Richard Dwight

Sri Lanka these many years through its organizing and administrative ability, has made the right kind of impression of not only successfully holding major international sporting events, but also of being the perfect hosts.

This aspects has been widely acknowledged and, it's a rising act of this healthy reputation that the world sailing body has invited Sri Lanka to prepare, plan and arrange for the hosting of the GP 14 World Sailing Championship involving several countries in February 2011 in Negombo.

The local governing body for the sport, the Yachting Association of Sri Lanka (YASL) and, it is now becoming conscious that YASL should keep working towards the success of the February 2011 GP 14 World Sailing Championship.

It is with this foremost in the mind and, under the aegis of the Ministry of Sports and Pubic Recreations, that the following office-bearers were elected at the 48th Annual General Meeting of the YASL on March 18, 2010 - indeed a preliminary step in the preparation for the World C'ships.

Patron - Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe (Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy)

President - Joseph Kenny

Vice President - Commander A.M.S. Senaviratne

Secretary - Mrs. Samantha Elapata

Assistant Secretary - Mrs. B. Wimaladharma

Treasurer - Chandima Gunawardene

Sailing Convener - Lalin Jirasinha

Committee:

Asanka Goonawardene

Duncan Fraser

Mohan Balasuriya

Stephen Giffin

Rear Admiral (Rtd)

Nandana

Thuduwewatte

Hans Svendsen

Cdr Asanga Ranasuriya

Thusal Gunawardene

Dr. Nihal Jinasena